Sacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family on November 4, 1901 in Kishinev, the capital city of the Republic of Moldavia in Southern Russia. He was named Aloysha by his father and nicknamed... Read full biography
Sacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family on November 4, 1901 in Kishinev, the capital city of the Republic of Moldavia in Southern Russia. He was named Aloysha by his father and nicknamed "Sacha.". From 1902 - 1913, Moldovan spent his childhood in Czarist Russia. His mother, Bonia, ran a wine... Read full biography
Sacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family on November 4, 1901 in Kishinev, the capital city of the Republic of Moldavia in Southern Russia. He was named Aloysha by his father and nicknamed "Sacha.". From 1902 - 1913, Moldovan spent his childhood in Czarist Russia. His mother, Bonia, ran a wine bar, where Sacha habitually sat and listened to the villagers' conversations. Bonia, a painter herself, encouraged Sacha to draw and paint and gave him his first set of paints. From 1914 - 1915, under... Read full biography
Sacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family on November 4, 1901 in Kishinev, the capital city of the Republic of Moldavia in Southern Russia. He was named Aloysha by his father and nicknamed "Sacha.". From 1902 - 1913, Moldovan spent his childhood in Czarist Russia. His mother, Bonia, ran a wine bar, where Sacha habitually sat and listened to the villagers' conversations. Bonia, a painter herself, encouraged Sacha to draw and paint and gave him his first set of paints. From 1914 - 1915, under the triple threat of the Russian Revolution, World War I, and the Russian Pogroms (organized massacres of Jews), Sacha and his family emigrated to the United States and they settled in New York City's lower East Side. His name became anglicized to... Read full biography
Sacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family on November 4, 1901 in Kishinev, the capital city of the Republic of Moldavia in Southern Russia. He was named Aloysha by his father and nicknamed "Sacha.". From 1902 - 1913, Moldovan spent his childhood in Czarist Russia. His mother, Bonia, ran a wine bar, where Sacha habitually sat and listened to the villagers' conversations. Bonia, a painter herself, encouraged Sacha to draw and paint and gave him his first set of paints. From 1914 - 1915, under the triple threat of the Russian Revolution, World War I, and the Russian Pogroms (organized massacres of Jews), Sacha and his family emigrated to the United States and they settled in New York City's lower East Side. His name became anglicized to Sol Winestein and Sacha enrolled in school to learn English. He later worked multiple jobs to help support his family and studie... Read full biography
Sacha Moldovan - Artist Info
About Sacha Moldovan: Books
Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Moldovan 1901-1982 A Retrospective (Sacha Moldovan) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Lynch, Richard
24 pages (color)
Mural Painting in New York City: Under the WPA Federal Art Project